News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Young people these days are told that they should expect to change careers several times during their working lives. When he talks to the students in Sisters schools, Superintendent Ted Thonstad can offer himself as a personification of that probability. Omitting much detail, here are the main stops on his career path since he earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Oregon in 1966: - Pay analyst for the Oregon Civil Service Commission. (1966-67). - Field sales person in three cities over four... Full story
When Ted Thonstad was hired as superintendent of Sisters schools last month, he knew that his first three months would be devoted to one overriding task: winning voter approval of a new "local option levy." A proposed four-year levy of 75 cents per $1,000 of assessed value will be on the November 2 general election ballot. That is the same rate as the levy that has been in effect in Sisters since 2001-02, which expires at the end of the current fiscal year (2004-05). A local option brings in money over and above what a... Full story
Steve Swisher would like to return to Central Oregon. But he will not be a candidate to return to his former job as superintendent of Sisters schools. Actually, Swisher told The Nugget over the weekend, he might be interested in his old job if the board wanted him and "if they need the kind of help I could provide." But when he was asked about that possibility on Monday, May 10, Sisters School Board Chairman Glen Lasken answered with a firm: "No." Why not? Lasken explained: "Well, we've debated that (a possible Swisher... Full story
